Services - 137751-2023
07/03/2023    S47

Germany-Berlin: Subsurface surveying services

2023/S 047-137751

Qualification system – utilities

This notice is a call for competition

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Postal address: Heidestraße 2
Town: Berlin
NUTS code: DE300 Berlin
Postal code: 10557
Country: Germany
Contact person: Florian Evert
E-mail: florian.evert@50Hertz.com
Telephone: +49 305150-3394
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.50hertz.com
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: 50Hertz Offshore GmbH
Postal address: Heidestraße 2
Town: Berlin
NUTS code: DE300 Berlin
Postal code: 10557
Country: Germany
Contact person: Florian Evert
E-mail: florian.evert@50Hertz.com
Telephone: +49 305150-3394
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.50hertz.com
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Elia Transmission Belgium SA
Postal address: Keizerslaan 20
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1000
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Florian Evert
E-mail: florian.evert@50Hertz.com
Telephone: +49 305150-3394
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.elia.be
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law:

Germany

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://eliagroup.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/EFSS/EFSS/Ej176McM2GNGkuSkSqY6zrMBTOXsw0HzUVNgcRGUeywMvg?e=Z83rXU
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: www.50hertz.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address
I.6)Main activity
Electricity

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

UXO offshore Survey ID & Clearance

II.1.2)Main CPV code
71352000 Subsurface surveying services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
NUTS code: DE Deutschland
Main site or place of performance:

Baltic Sea & North Sea

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The objective of the UXO survey and ID & clearance campaign is to mitigate the risk of unexploded ordnance (UXO) present in the cable installation corridor(s) to ensure a safe installation including all route clearance and route preparation activities as for example boulder clearance, Pre-Lay Grapnel run, dredging, mattress installa-tion and anchoring.

The UXO survey, as described in this document, does not comprise the onshore section.

At the shore approach, Contractor shall extend the survey and ID&C works until 0m water depth.

The scope of the UXO survey and ID & investigation clearance campaign consists of 2 phases:

Phase 1:

- High resolution bathymetry, acquired with multibeam echosounder (MBES) equipment

- Sea bottom imagery, acquired with side-scan sonar (SSS) equipment

- Magneto metric survey data, acquired with underwater magnetometer detection equipment

- Analysis based on survey investigation and interpretation of all the acquired data.

- Provision of an Master Target List (MTL), live document

- Phase 1 is to be understood as an iterative process, therefore first results can be communicated to start phase 2, while remaining works of phase 1 still need to be executed.

- Provision of a Boulder Target List

Phase 2:

- Target inspection as per master target list, identification of non-UXO items (e.g. debris) and actual UXO objects

- Electromagnetic survey, acquired with underwater electromagnetic detection equipment

- Disposal as required of both non-UXO (e.g. debris) and actual UXO objects

- Iterative updating of the master target list

- Issue of a FFE certificate (either 1 for the entire route or several per route section).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.8)Duration of the qualification system
Indefinite duration
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.9)Qualification for the system
Conditions to be fulfilled by economic operators in view of their qualification:

The necessary qualification requirements for the system is described in detail in the 'Guide to Supplier Qualification'. Please note, that all requirements / questions needs to be answered. A missing answer / missing reply to the requirement is scored as NO.

The following list indicates the headline of each requirement

4.1.1. Languages

4.1.2. Exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB

4.1.3. Minimum wage

4.1.4. Finance Requested information provided and sound financial base demonstrated.

4.1.5. Company Information

4.1.6. Subcontracting

4.2.1. References

4.2.2. Proof of experience

4.3.1. Health and Safety Statistics

Contracting Entity will review whether all requirements have been sufficiently met. Contracting Entity reserves the right to reject candidates with an incomplete candidature file or candidates that leave questions unanswered and/or provide incomplete information.

Methods according to which each of those conditions will be verified:

4.1.1. Languages Agreement on principles stated in section 1 of this SQ.

4.1.2. Exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB Agreement on the stated criteria.

4.1.3. Minimum wage Agreement on the stated criteria.

4.1.4. Finance Requested information provided and sound financial base demonstrated.

4.1.5. Company Information Requested information provided.

4.1.6. Subcontracting Requested information provided.

4.2.1. References Requested references provided.

4.2.2. Proof of experience Requested proofs / self-declaration provided.

4.3.1. Health and Safety Statistics Requested information provided. The Contracting Entity could decide to exclude the candidate if the given statistics are substantially higher than market standard. In this case the rationale of the decision will be explained to the candidate.

4.3.2. Health and Safety Requested information provided and sound practice demonstrated. The Contracting Entity may accept maximum 2 unsatisfactory answers (‘NO’) for this section.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
German, English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:

Access to the ARIBA platform

In order to participate in the further procedure, candidates must request access to the tender platform by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address indicated in section I.1 of the contract notice, providing the following information:

- Name of the company (and in the case of legal entities, including the company form);

- Address of the company;

- VAT identification number of the candidate;

- General telephone number of the company; and

- Details of the contact person for the tender including name, email address and telephone number.

Information on how to access the RFP on the Ariba platform will be provided by email as soon as possible.

Applicants are advised to request this access promptly and click on "Intend to Participate" in Ariba to obtain possible clarifications from the Awarding Authority.

The Awarding Authority does not guarantee to provide Ariba login details before the deadline for candidates who request their access to Ariba less than 48 hours before the deadline.

The candidate is solely responsible for requesting access to the tender on the Ariba platform in good time.

The contracting authority declines all responsibility in the event of problems with the Ariba platform.

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: Vergabekammer des Landes Berlin
Postal address: Martin-Luther-Straße 105
Town: Berlin
Postal code: 10825
Country: Germany
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Deadlines for filing an application for review result from Section 160 (3) GWB.

For clarification, this provision is reproduced in full.

"The application is inadmissible if 1. the applicant has recognised the alleged infringement of procurement rules before filing the application for review and has not notified the contracting authority within a period of ten calendar days; the expiry of the time limit pursuant to Section 134 (2) ARC remains unaffected, 2. infringements of procurement rules which are recognisable on the basis of the notice are not notified to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the time limit for application or submission of tenders stated in the notice, 3. the applicant has not notified the contracting authority of the infringement of procurement rules which are not recognisable until the award documents are submitted. 3. infringements of procurement rules which are only apparent in the tender documents are not notified to the contracting authority no later than the expiry of the time limit for submitting applications or tenders, 4. more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the contracting authority's notification that it does not intend to remedy a complaint.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
02/03/2023